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Does a Person Made in a Laboratory Have a Soul?

Open Forum – Questions Covered:

  • 04:48 - How would you respond to the claim that the Church has tried to keep the bible from people?
  • 15:21 - Is there a book that gives a summary of the major theological differences and mainline protestant denominations?
  • 19:33 - Should you genuflect every time to enter or exit a pew?
  • 22:43 - Judges in the bible sometimes punish others don’t. Which of those are the most just?
  • 30:40 - Good Friday and First Friday fall on the same day. Since there is no mass that day how does this affect our obligations?
  • 34:41 - What’s the purpose of the St. Michael medal?
  • 42:46 - Can you elaborate on your previous comment that the new Mass is just a translation of the old?
  • 46:48 - If a person is made in a lab, will that person have a soul?
  • 52:17 - Is purgatory the same as Sheol, Gahanna, and limbo?
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